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Did you know that acupuncture can make you pregnent? Neither did I. Of course, the truth is that it can’t. Leave it to PZ Myer to put things so eloquently:

“And then there’s this headline, “I’d lost my baby then somehow fell pregnant thanks to acupuncture“. There are clear and unambiguous causes of pregnancy — “somehow” isn’t usually a word associated with the process — and, well, acupuncture isn’t any of them. Although I suppose it could be an insulting reference to her partner’s penis size.”